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The winners of the 2025 AHSAA State Softball, Baseball, and Soccer Tournaments are below. SOFTBALL BASEBALL Class 1A - Kinston Class 1A - Hackleburg Class 2A - Zion Chapel Class 2A - Vincent Class 3A - Wicksburg Class 3A - Glenwood Class 4A - Orange Beach Class 4A - Deshler Class 5A - Moody Class 5A - American Christian Class 6A - Helena Class 6A - Chelsea Class 7A - Thompson Class 7A - Tuscaloosa County AHSAA STATE SOCCER BOYS GIRLS 1A-3A - Collinsville Class 1A-3A - Lee-Scott 4A - Westminster - Oak Mtn. Class 4A - St. John Pauls 5A - Guntersville Class 5A - Westminster Chr. 6A - Southside - Gadsden Class 6A - Briarwood Chr. 7A - Montgomery Academy Class 7A - Vestavia Hills State Champions
Plainview's Graidin Haas has committed to continue her softball career at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa. The Lady Bear's standout shortstop had numerous scholarship offers in softball and basketball. Haas played guard for the Plainview basketball team in the state championship game. Supporting her in the decision during the recent signing day were: (L-R) Britt Haas, Graidin, and Susan Sparks. Graidin Haas Signs With Shelton State Submitted Photo
Collinsville's Jemma Smith (#4) delivers a pitch during the 2025 Class 3A Regional Softball Tournament in Albertville. The Lady Panthers earned a 12-5 win over Weaver, before falling to Locust Fork 5-1 and Randolph County 10-7 to conclude this year's season. Collinsville Softball Season Ends Photo By Brandon K. Pierce, The Sports Ledger
St. Paul’s Episcopal senior record-setting track phenom Janie Ford raced through the AHSAA 2025 State Heptathlon Championships at Hoover High School for a first place finish. Ford not only won the girls’ overall championship, her 5,311 points accumulated set a new AHSAA Girls’ State Heptathlon record – surpassing the record she set last year (5,257). She also set individual event records in the 200-meter dash (23.99), 800-meter run (2:10.54) and long jump (19-06.5). Fort Payne's Lydie Varnadore was in the top five. The Heptathlon top five finishers included, from left: Brianna Stephens, Lee HS (5th); Amiah Matone, Saraland (4th); Lydie Varnadore, Fort Payne (3rd); Katherine Lee, Auburn (2nd); and Ford (1st). Janie Ford Sets Heptathlon Record Ryan Barkley, AHSAA
Alabama and Tennessee Football Season Opening Game Times Set Fyffe Senior Sadie Pitts (#12) attempts to
make a throw during the 2025 Class 3A Regional Softball Tournament in Albertville. Fyffe defeated Randolph County 21-16 and Ohatchee 5-1 in the first two games, before dropping out of the winners bracket with a 9-2 loss to Locust Fork. The Lady Red Devils bounced back with a 5-4 victory over Ohatchee, before concluding the 2025 season with a 7-5 loss to Randolph County. Fyffe Softball Falls Photo By Brandon K. Pierce, The Sports Ledger
Alabama football's 2025 season opening game against FSU will begin at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. The Saturday, August 30, contest will be the first inside FSU's revamped Doak Campbell Stadium. Florida State and the
Crimson Tide have faced off five times previously, with Alabama holding a 3-1-1 all-time record. The lone game in the state of Florida – in Jacksonville in 2007 – was a 21-14 victory for the Seminoles. Florida State will play seven home games in 2025, with matchups against East Texas A&M and Kent State in September; Miami and Pittsburgh in October; and Wake Forest and Virginia Tech in November. Tennessee and Syracuse will begin the 2025 college football season in the Aflac Kickoff Game on Aug. 30 from Atlanta's Mercedes-
Benz Stadium at noon ET and it will be televised on ABC. The 2025 Aflac Kickoff Game between the Orange and Volunteers is one of only three opening weekend matchups between two teams who made last season's final College Football Playoff rankings. "We're expecting a sea of orange in Mercedes Benz Stadium as we open up the 2025 season from the Capital of College Football," said Gary Stokan, Peach Bowl, Inc. CEO and president. "It should be an exciting matchup between a CFP team from last year in Tennessee against an
up-and-coming Syracuse program who finished the previous season ranked after defeating three top-25 teams." Tennessee is set to return to the Aflac Kickoff Game after winning its two previous trips in 2012 vs. NC State and a double- overtime thriller in 2017 vs. Georgia Tech. This will mark only the fourth meeting between the two programs dating back to 1966. The Vols hold a 3-0 all-time record vs. the Orange, including a 33-9 win in their most recent meeting during the 2001 season.
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